United Kingdom · International business · Director/VP (16-20 years)

Director, Global Strategy & Insights

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  • Experience bandDirector/VP (16-20 years)
  • Direct reports3-8 reports
  • Reports toVP, International Business Global
  • UK framework levelUsually a director, accountable for a division and its numbers

Also advertised as VP, Market Strategy · Head of International Business Strategy · Global Commercial Strategy Director

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  • AI-Driven Strategic Foresight
  • Digital Ecosystem Strategy
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3What this role really is

This role sets strategic direction for a region or product line, shaping decisions on what comes next for the business.

4What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

Excel Strategic

You'll be auditing and stress-testing complex models built by your team, focusing on the underlying assumptions, logic, and strategic outputs. You're not building every cell, but you're ensuring its integrity and strategic relevance.

Tableau / Power BI Architect

You'll govern the BI environment for strategic insights, defining key data sources, setting visualisation standards for executive dashboards, and ensuring that all strategic reporting is performant, accurate, and tells a clear story.

Euromonitor Passport / Statista Strategic

You'll use platform insights to challenge internal assumptions, identify long-term macro trends, and guide your team on where to find the most critical market data. You'll also manage the enterprise license and vendor relationship.

You'll scope and commission complex analytical projects for data science teams, understanding the 'art of the possible' with advanced analytics (e.g., clustering, forecasting) and guiding your team on when to use it. You won't be writing the code, but you'll know what to ask for.

Miro / MURAL Strategic

You'll use these platforms to synthesise complex workshop outputs into executive-level strategic roadmaps, decision frameworks, and visually compelling narratives for senior stakeholders. You're turning messy ideas into clear plans.

Anaplan / Pigment Advanced

You'll own the strategic planning module within these platforms, building and maintaining models for long-range forecasting, market sizing, and M&A evaluation. You'll connect strategic initiatives directly to financial outcomes, making sure our plans are grounded in reality.

5What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choiceComing in Where you are nowThe step above
Market Entry Strategy Approval N/A N/A Lead the development and recommendation; final approval by VP/C-suite.
Team Hiring & Performance N/A N/A Full authority for direct reports (Senior Strategists, Lead Analysts).
Budget for Market Research/Tools N/A N/A Up to £500K without VP approval; larger amounts require VP sign-off.
Strategic Project Prioritisation N/A N/A Full authority within your business unit's strategic agenda, in alignment with VP.
Vendor Selection (Strategic Consulting) N/A N/A Select and approve vendors up to £100K; larger engagements require VP approval.

6How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, and what is not on it. The hard targets, how often each is actually looked at, and the quiet signals that never reach a dashboard.

Strategic Recommendation Adoption Rate
Percentage of major strategic recommendations formally adopted by business unit leadership.
Target · >75% adoption rate for key strategic initiatives

If you propose 4 major market entry strategies in a year, at least 3 should be formally approved and resourced for execution. We're not looking for academic exercises here.

Market Share Growth (Targeted Markets)
Measurable market share growth in specific new or targeted expansion markets where your strategies have been deployed.
Target · +0.5% market share growth in targeted markets within 24 months of strategy deployment

If your strategy targets a 5% market share in Germany, and we hit 5.5% within two years, that's a win. We'll track this closely, obviously.

Long-Range Forecast Accuracy
Variance between your team's 3-year revenue forecasts for your business unit/region and actual realised revenue.
Target · Within a +/- 15% variance band for 3-year forecasts

If your 3-year forecast for APAC was £100M, and actuals come in at £90M, that's a 10% variance, which is within target. Anything wider, and we need to talk about the assumptions.

P&L Impact from Strategic Initiatives
Direct contribution of your team's strategic initiatives to new revenue generation or identifiable cost savings.
Target · Identify and contribute to £5M+ in new revenue opportunities or £2M+ in cost savings annually

A new pricing strategy you designed adds £6M to the top line, or a portfolio optimisation project saves £2.5M in operational costs. That's the kind of impact we're talking about.

Team Development & Retention
Your ability to attract, develop, and retain top-tier strategic talent within your team.
  • High engagement scores in team surveys, successful promotions of your direct reports, low voluntary turnover, and positive feedback from your team about mentorship and growth opportunities. We'll look at their career progression, too.
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Influence
How effectively you build consensus and gain buy-in from other senior leaders (Sales, Product, Finance) for your strategic recommendations.
  • You're proactively invited to their planning meetings, your opinions are sought on key cross-functional decisions, and you're seen as a trusted advisor, not just 'the strategy person'. Feedback from your peers will be key here.
Quality of Strategic Output
The clarity, depth, and defensibility of the strategic frameworks, market analyses, and recommendations your team produces.
  • Executive leadership consistently praises the quality of your team's presentations and reports, your assumptions hold up under scrutiny, and your strategies are easy for operational teams to understand and implement. Basically, are you giving us something we can actually use?

7Would you like it

Both sides. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy
Shaping the Future

You get a real kick out of seeing your strategic recommendations directly influence where the company invests, which markets we enter, and how we compete. You're not just observing; you're actively steering the ship.

You've just presented a new market entry strategy for Southeast Asia, and the VP has given the green light, allocating £5M to kick it off. That's your vision becoming reality.

Solving Complex Puzzles

You thrive on dissecting ambiguous, multi-faceted problems, often with incomplete data, and crafting a clear path forward. The messier the problem, the more engaged you are.

We need to understand why our market share is slipping in a mature European market, with conflicting data from Sales and Product. You're the one who pulls it all apart and finds the root cause.

Developing Talent

You love coaching and guiding your team, helping them grow their skills and take on bigger challenges. Seeing your direct reports succeed and get promoted gives you a huge sense of satisfaction.

One of your Senior Strategists just led a major project presentation to the C-suite, and you helped them refine their narrative and anticipate questions. They nailed it, and you feel proud.

What frustrates people
  • The Data is a Lie (or at least incomplete): You'll spend 60% of your time hunting for, cleaning, and trying to stitch together messy, conflicting, and often outdated data, especially for emerging markets. It's a constant battle.
  • Death by a Thousand Stakeholders: Your 'pure' strategy will be compromised by the competing agendas of Sales (who want a bigger TAM), Finance (who want conservative forecasts), and Product (who don't want to change their roadmap). Getting everyone aligned is a full-time job in itself.
  • The Crystal Ball Problem: You're responsible for creating a 5-year forecast, knowing full well it will be rendered obsolete by a competitor's move, a new technology, or a global pandemic within 6 months. You will still be asked why you didn't predict it.
  • The Strategy-Execution Gap: You'll deliver a brilliant, data-backed strategy deck that gets universal praise, only to watch it die a slow death due to a lack of operational resources, political will, or quarterly pressures. It's heartbreaking, but it happens.
  • "Just give me the number": You'll be constantly battling executives who don't have time for the nuance and want a single, definitive answer to an incredibly complex question, often ignoring the caveats you've painstakingly laid out.
  • The Scapegoat: When a market entry fails or a forecast is missed, the strategy team is an easy target, even if the failure was due to poor execution by other departments. You need thick skin.
What this role does not give you
  • A quiet, solitary analytical role where you just crunch numbers without interruption.
  • Guaranteed implementation of every strategy you propose; political realities often intervene.
  • A predictable, unchanging work environment; market dynamics and internal priorities shift constantly.
  • The ability to avoid difficult conversations with senior leaders or challenge their assumptions.

8Who you work with

You'll directly shape the investment priorities, market entry plans, and competitive positioning for a significant portion of our global operations. Your decisions and recommendations will influence multi-million pound budgets and impact hundreds of employees across different regions. Frankly, you're a key player in determining where we grow next and how we win there.

Inside the business
  • VP, International Business Global (your boss, obviously)
  • Regional Sales Directors (they need your market insights)
  • Product Leadership (to align roadmaps with market needs)
  • Finance Director (they hold the purse strings and need solid forecasts)
  • Marketing Director (for GTM strategy alignment)
Outside the business
  • Key strategic partners (e.g., channel partners, tech alliances)
  • Industry analysts and consultants (they'll challenge your thinking)
  • Potential M&A targets (you'll often be involved in early-stage evaluations)

9What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

  • Proven track record of leading strategic initiatives and delivering measurable business impact in a global context.
  • Extensive experience managing and developing a team of strategic analysts or consultants.
  • Demonstrable ability to influence and persuade senior executive stakeholders on complex strategic issues.
  • Deep expertise in at least 3-4 of the core domain skills listed above (e.g., Market Sizing, Competitive Intelligence, GTM Strategy).
  • Experience operating in a fast-paced, high-growth technology or FinTech environment.

10What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

Advanced Data Governance & Ethics

With increasing data volumes and stricter global regulations (like GDPR and emerging AI ethics laws), understanding how to responsibly govern and use data for strategic insights is paramount. You're responsible for ensuring your team's practices are sound.

Data Lineage & Quality · AI Ethics & Fairness · Data Privacy by Design

  • This quarter: Review our internal data governance policies and identify any gaps relevant to strategic analysis.
  • Next 6 months: Work with Legal and Data Privacy teams to develop specific guidelines for your team's use of external and internal data, particularly with AI tools.
  • Next 12 months: Champion a data literacy programme within your team, ensuring everyone understands their responsibilities regarding data ethics and governance.

Quick win: Implement a mandatory 'data source validation' step for all key strategic analyses within your team, ensuring every data point has a clear, reliable origin.

11Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up
  • Regularly engage with industry thought leaders through conferences, webinars, and publications (e.g., Gartner, Forrester, McKinsey Quarterly).
  • Participate in executive leadership programmes or strategic management courses from top business schools to continually refine your strategic toolkit and leadership capabilities.
  • Actively mentor junior and mid-level strategists, both within your team and across the organisation, to foster a culture of strategic thinking.
  • Seek opportunities to present at internal leadership forums and, where appropriate, external industry events to build your profile and influence.

12The rising capability

The rising capability

Zavmo analysis

What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

AI-Driven Strategic Foresight

Traditional market research is slow. Competitors are already using AI to spot micro-trends, predict market shifts, and even simulate competitive responses at speed. As a Director, you need to understand how to harness these tools to gain a significant strategic advantage and avoid being left behind.

  • Predictive Analytics with LLMs
  • Agent-Based Modelling for Scenario Planning
  • Ethical AI in Strategy

Digital Ecosystem Strategy

Our business increasingly operates within complex digital ecosystems, involving partners, platforms, and API integrations. Understanding how to create, participate in, and monetise these ecosystems is critical for long-term growth, especially in FinTech. This isn't just about our product; it's about our network.

  • Platform Business Models
  • API-First Strategy
  • Ecosystem Value Creation

13What you’ll use

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

  • Market Sizing (TAM/SAM/SOM)
  • Competitive Intelligence & War Gaming
  • Market Entry & Go-to-Market (GTM) Strategy
  • PESTLE Analysis
  • Scenario Planning
  • Portfolio Analysis (BCG Matrix / GE-McKinsey)

14The pathway

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

  1. 1

    Senior Manager / Principal Strategist (from within)

    3-5 years as a high-performing Global Market Strategy Manager (L5)

    Skills to master

    • Demonstrable track record of leading multiple strategic initiatives, successfully managing a small team (2-3 reports), consistently influencing business unit leaders, and achieving significant P&L impact. You'll need to show you can operate at a more ambiguous, multi-year horizon.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Consistently exceeds performance expectations as an L5 Manager.
    • Has successfully mentored and developed junior team members into more senior roles.
    • Proactively identifies and champions new strategic opportunities for the business unit.
    • Is sought out by other senior leaders for strategic advice and input.
    • Can articulate a clear vision for their business unit's future and how to achieve it.
  2. 2

    Management Consultant (from external)

    Typically 10-15 years at a top-tier strategy consulting firm (e.g., McKinsey, Bain, BCG), reaching Principal or Associate Partner level.

    Skills to master

    • Expertise in diverse industries, structured problem-solving, client management, executive communication, and leading large project teams. You'll need to adapt to an 'in-house' role, which is different from advising.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Has led multiple strategic engagements for global clients, with demonstrable impact.
    • Possesses deep functional expertise in market entry, competitive strategy, or GTM.
    • Can demonstrate strong team leadership and development capabilities.
    • Is comfortable transitioning from an advisory role to an ownership role with direct P&L accountability.
  3. 3

    Head of Strategy (from other large corporations)

    12-18 years in a similar Head of Strategy or Director-level role within a large, international technology or FinTech company.

    Skills to master

    • Proven ability to operate at scale, navigate complex organisational politics, manage significant budgets, and drive strategic change in a matrixed environment. You'll need to quickly learn our specific business context and culture.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Has successfully led a strategy function for a business unit or region of comparable size and complexity.
    • Can demonstrate a track record of driving measurable business outcomes through strategic initiatives.
    • Possesses strong leadership and team development skills.
    • Is adaptable and can quickly integrate into a new corporate culture.

15Where this role leads

The long view: This work can lead to roles such as Chief Strategy Officer or Chief Commercial Officer, shaping direction for a whole organisation.

The ten Future Fluencies

Zavmo analysis

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

A qualification proves you can do the job as it's defined today. These ten are what decide whether you're still the obvious person for it in five years. They're the capabilities employers are now writing into senior roles faster than people are learning them. Zavmo weaves them through whatever you study, so you come out with both: the credential and the fluency.

The highlighted ones are the Fluencies your role leans on hardest, from how Director, Global Strategy & Insights is actually changing.

How you would learn this

One to one, on the work you already do

A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.

A lesson from Data Analysis and Visualisation, worked against Director, Global Strategy & Insights.

Data Analysis and Visualisation Level 7

Applied to your work in Director, Global Strategy & Insights

1. To enable the learner to critically analyse the theoretical underpinnings of data analytics and their impact on decision-making in business management contexts. 2. To enable the learner to assess diverse data analysis activities, techniques, and tools applicable to business management scenarios. 3. To enable the learner to compare and contrast various predictive analytic techniques, evaluating their strengths and weaknesses in forecasting future business events. 4. To enable the learner to evaluate how predictive analytic techniques can be practically implemented for forecasting purposes within the business sector. 5. To enable the learner to evaluate prescriptive analytic techniques, illustrating their application with relevant examples from the business management domain. 6. To enable the learner to apply a suitable programming language or data analysis tool to conduct data analysis and visualisation tasks related to business management problems.

How the thinking builds
  1. 1 Remember
  2. 2 Understand
  3. 3 Apply
  4. 4 Analyse
  5. 5 Evaluate
  6. 6 Create
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Director, Global Strategy & Insights
  • Market Sizing (TAM/SAM/SOM)
  • Competitive Intelligence & War Gaming
  • Market Entry & Go-to-Market (GTM) Strategy
  • PESTLE Analysis
  • Scenario Planning
  • Portfolio Analysis (BCG Matrix / GE-McKinsey)
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16The detail, folded away

Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

Director, Global Strategy & Insights is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

  1. VP, International Business Global

    3-5 years in the Director role, assuming consistent high performance and demonstrated readiness.

    This is a significant jump, moving from shaping strategy for a business unit to setting the strategic direction for the entire international division, with direct P&L accountability for £2M-£10M+.

    • Advanced organisational design and talent strategy for a large, complex international division.
    • Expertise in global regulatory compliance and risk management across multiple jurisdictions.
    • Deep understanding of corporate finance and capital allocation at an enterprise level.
  2. Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)

    5-8 years in the Director role, potentially with an interim step as a VP of Strategy, or a direct jump for truly exceptional talent.

    This is the pinnacle of the strategy function, defining the strategic direction for the entire enterprise, managing the corporate portfolio, and often leading M&A strategy. It's a C-suite role.

    • Mastery of capital markets and shareholder value creation.
    • Expertise in managing complex regulatory and geopolitical risks at a global enterprise level.
    • Deep understanding of corporate governance and board dynamics.
Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

Let's be real, as a Director, your time is precious. You're not just doing the work; you're leading a team, shaping strategy, and influencing senior leaders. Imagine having an intelligent co-pilot that handles the heavy lifting of research, synthesis, and even communication drafts. That's what AI can do for you and your team.

For a Director in Global Market Strategy, AI isn't about replacing your strategic brain; it's about amplifying it. It frees you from the tedious, time-consuming tasks that often bog down strategic analysis, allowing you to focus on the truly high-value work: critical thinking, complex problem-solving, and impactful leadership. This isn't just about personal efficiency; it's about enabling your entire team to operate at a higher strategic level.

Automated Competitor & Market Monitoring

Imagine an AI agent constantly scanning news feeds, regulatory filings, and social media for mentions of key competitors, emerging technologies, or market shifts in your regions. It then delivers a concise, summarised daily briefing directly to your inbox, highlighting critical developments and potential strategic implications. You'll be ahead of the curve, always.

Accelerated Thematic Analysis & Insight Generation

Feed thousands of customer reviews, survey responses, or expert interview transcripts into an LLM. Ask it to perform thematic analysis, identifying the top 5 praise points, 5 complaints, and 3 emerging feature requests across different international markets. It can even spot subtle sentiment shifts over time, giving you nuanced insights in minutes that would take days manually. This helps your team quickly identify the 'so what'.

Rapid Strategic Report Synthesis & Challenge

Upload a 100-page market research report (from Gartner, Forrester, Euromonitor) and ask an AI tool to provide a one-page executive summary, extract all key statistics related to market size and growth, and even challenge its top 3 strategic recommendations based on our internal data. It's like having a junior analyst who reads at warp speed and isn't afraid to push back.

Draft Stakeholder Communications & Executive Summaries

After your team completes a complex market analysis, provide the key findings to an AI assistant. Ask it to draft three versions of the summary: a concise paragraph for the executive summary, a bulleted list for the project team update, and a detailed section for the formal strategy document. It'll even help you wordsmith difficult messages for challenging stakeholders, ensuring clarity and impact.

Common questions

Common questions

How do you become a Director, Global Strategy & Insights?

Common routes in include Senior Manager / Principal Strategist (from within) (3-5 years as a high-performing Global Market Strategy Manager (L5)), Management Consultant (from external) (Typically 10-15 years at a top-tier strategy consulting firm (e.g., McKinsey, Bain, BCG), reaching Principal or Associate Partner level.) and Head of Strategy (from other large corporations) (12-18 years in a similar Head of Strategy or Director-level role within a large, international technology or FinTech company.). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can a Director, Global Strategy & Insights progress to?

This role can lead on to VP, International Business Global (3-5 years in the Director role, assuming consistent high performance and demonstrated readiness.) and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) (5-8 years in the Director role, potentially with an interim step as a VP of Strategy, or a direct jump for truly exceptional talent.), depending on the skills you build.

What new skills matter most for a Director, Global Strategy & Insights?

Increasingly, AI-Driven Strategic Foresight and Digital Ecosystem Strategy. These are the skills our record of this role lists as growing.

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17Where to go from here

Other roles at Level 7

Same depth of qualification, different job. Useful if the work appeals but this particular role does not.

More jobs in international business

Stay in the field you know and move sideways rather than up.

If you leave this industry

The strategic and leadership skills built in this role carry across sectors. Similar senior strategy or commercial leadership roles exist in technology companies, FinTech firms, and venture capital or private equity, where market analysis and growth planning are central to the work.

This role profile is © 2026 Growth Engineering Technologies Ltd. Built from UK occupational standards and regulated qualification data, and written for Zavmo.

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